There are three Jewish cemeteries in Volochisk. The one that is the most visible, on the top of the hill near the river and the railway tracks, is known as the “old” Volochisk Jewish cemetery, the “new” Jewish cemetery is the location of the Holocaust memorial, and there’s a third,…
Category: Cemeteries
First Wolochisker Benevolent Association burials
The following is a list of all of the burials at New York’s Montefiore Cemetery for the First Wolochisker Benevolent Association plots. There are three plots: Block 8, Gate 293/N; Block 10, Gate 316/N; Block 81, Gate 267/SE. I’m planning on getting photos of all of these graves the next…
First Wolochisker Benevolent Association
The First Wolochisker Benevolent Association was the landsmanshaft for Volochisk, and had several large burial plots at Montefiore Cemetery. You can find a link of all of the burials here. This is the program from the 50th Anniversary of the First Wolochisker Benevolent Association celebration, kindly supplied by Fern Gutman…
Mike Schackowitz, Satanover Benevolent Society
Michael Schackowitz is the reason I started photographing the Satanover Benevolent Society. My elusive great great grandfather Moses Schechowitz or Scheckowitz (or indeed, about 30 other spellings of this name) was registered in the nearby town of Volochisk, so when I saw that there were several Scheckowitzs and Shackowitzs buried…
Taube Spilka Scheckowitz, Satanover Benevolent Society
Last year I visited Mount Hebron Cemetery in Queens, New York and spent a few hours taking photos of every headstone in the section for the Satanover Benevolent Association landsmanshaft. Mount Hebron has a very useful website where you can search for people by name or by burial society, and…
The Przedbórz Jewish cemetery
Right now I’m writing up a collection of information for those researching their Przedbórz Jewish roots, and once all of the sections are done I’ll combine it into a larger guide. But for now, here’s more on the Przedbórz Jewish cemetery. The Przedbórz Jewish cemetery has been neglected and has…